Mystery, Thrillers, and Suspense
September 2025
Recent Releases
Coded justice : a thriller by Stacey Abrams
Coded Justice
by Stacey Abrams

Former Supreme Court clerk Avery Keene investigates a powerful AI company after a mysterious death, uncovering corporate corruption and high-stakes technological dangers that could have far-reaching consequences, in the third book of the series following Rogue Justice.

This is available in our Adult Fiction collection. 
The ex-girlfriend murder by Gloria Chao
The Ex-girlfriend Murder Club
by Gloria Chao

When three scorned women find their cheating ex-boyfriend murdered just after plotting revenge, they must dodge suspicion, deceive a persistent detective, and uncover which of his many enemies wanted him dead before they're blamed for the crime themselves.

This is available in our Adult Fiction collection. 
Party of liars : a novel by Kelsey Cox
Party of Liars
by Kelsey Cox

Sophie's sixteenth birthday party in Texas Hill Country is at her dad's cliffside mansion, once thought to be haunted, but before the candles on the cake are blown out, a body falls from the balcony onto the dance floor below.

This is available in our Adult Fiction collection. 
Writers and liars : a novel by Carol Goodman
Writers and Liars
by Carol Goodman

When mystery writers reunite on a remote Greek island for a high-stakes retreat, past resentments resurface and their host turns up dead, forcing Maia Gold and the others to unravel a real murder before they become characters in a killer's final draft.

This is available in our Adult Fiction collection. 
Etiquette for lovers and killers : a novel by Anna Fitzgerald Healy
Etiquette for Lovers and Killers
by Anna Fitzgerald Healy

In 1964 Eastport, Maine, the bored and curious Billie McCadie becomes entangled in a glamorous and deadly mystery involving love letters, secret pasts and murder, all while questioning if she's just a bystander or the heroine of her own story.

This is available in our Adult Fiction collection and as an eAudiobook. 
Culpability by Bruce W. Holsinger
Culpability
by Bruce W. Holsinger

When the Cassidy-Shaws' autonomous minivan collides with an oncoming car, seventeen-year-old Charlie is in the driver's seat, with his father, Noah, riding shotgun. In the back seat, his sisters are on their phones, while their mother, Lorelei, a world leader in the field of AI, is absorbed in her work. Yet each family member harbors a secret, implicating them all in the tragic accident. During a weeklong recuperation on the Chesapeake Bay, the family confronts the excruciating moral dilemmas triggered by the crash. Noah tries to hold the family together as a seemingly routine police investigation jeopardizes Charlie's future. And Lorelei's odd behavior tugs at Noah's suspicions that there is a darker truth behind the incident.

This is available in our Adult Fiction collection and as an eBook and eAudiobook. 
The Busybody Book Club by Freya Sampson
The Busybody Book Club
by Freya Sampson

A dysfunctional book club must learn to pull together and solve a murder in this bighearted new mystery from the USA Today bestselling author of Nosy Neighbors. New resident Nova Davies has started a book club at the local community center, but so far it's a disaster. The five members disagree on everything, and to make matters worse, a significant sum of money is stolen during one of the meetings, putting the much-loved community center at risk. Suspicion for the theft falls on book club member Michael, especially when he disappears and a dead body turns up at his house. But despite the danger closing in, the other members won't rest until they've cracked the case and gotten everyone safe at home with a book, where they belong!

This is available in our Large Print collection and as an eBook and eAudiobook. 
Tell me something good by Court Stevens
Tell Me Something Good
by Court Stevens

The heart, hope, and pacing of Fredrik Backman's Beartown meets the Southern atmospheric storytelling of Flannery O'Connor in Court Stevens's adult debut novel centered around a decades-old murder that turns a small Southern town upside down.

This is available in our Adult Fiction collection. 
One Final Turn by Ashley Weaver
One Final Turn
by Ashley Weaver

In her 5th and final outing, English safecracker Ellie McDonnell, who's been using her skills to help military intelligence during World War II, is sent to Portugal to rescue her cousin, an escaped POW. While newcomers can still enjoy One Final Turn, those who want to start with the 1st book can pick up A Peculiar Combination. Read-alikes: the Maggie Hope novels by Susan Elia MacNeal; the Poppy Redfern mysteries by Tessa Arlen.

This is available in our Adult Fiction collection. 
Under the stars : a novel by Beatriz Williams
Under the Stars
by Beatriz Williams

Providence Dare vanishes during a steamship disaster near Winthrop Island in 1846, leaving behind a trail of mystery that resurfaces two centuries later when chef Audrey Fisher and her actress mother Meredith uncover hidden paintings and long-buried family secrets that link past and present across generations.

This is available in our Adult Fiction collection. 
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